Cruise tips and ideas?

Question

We just booked acruise with Cranival for Oct. we will be going to Mexico Calica & Cozemel. It will be my husband and I and two kids one 5(girl) and one 8(boy). I just got done checking out excursions and they are pretty exspensive and hard to find things fro both kids age group. Anyone have ideas on what to do at the ports that we can all enjoy. Any tips from you cruise veterans will be wonderful.

Answer 1

Best cruise tip I can give you...is to visit www.cruisecritic.com.

There are thousands of cruisers on these boards eager to answer any questions you can possibly think of. Check out there "port of call" section for your destinations and also drop by the "family cruising" board in the special interest section. Also, it wouldn't be a bad idea to check the "roll call" section to see who else is cruising with you...you may find some playmates for kiddies.

Answer 2

If you do an excursion, do it from Calica - Cozumel is fairly easy to do on your own.  Suggest you get a guidebook on caribbean ports of call, or on the Yucatan Peninsula for ideas, or borrow one from the library.

My favorite Cozumel day would be to take a cab down to Chankanaab Park  and spend the day there.  It's a national park with a fantastic snorkeling area (rent or bring your own equipment), restaurants, a museum, a great botanical garden, and lots of area to just relax.

Answer 3

First time cruising.. Been there,done that. I just got off from Carnival Ecstasy which went to Cozumel and Progreso. Cozumel is a nice place and you can pretty do it yourself. Don't sign up for expensive shore excursions. They are atleast 2-3 times expensive. Tryy on your own. You can take a cab for just $8-$10 to go to Chaaknaab park or Paradise beach and spend whole day kayaking, snorkeling, water jet skiing and more..

Check out http://www.firsttimecruising.com website which has lot of good details for first time cruisers especially flyer for cozumel trips.

Answer 4

Im going on Holland America in February with my family and my couzins swim with fish idk. Just for the heads up Carnival has a lot of college students that go crazy so be careful

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